Vaccines have significantly reduced or defeated an array of debilitating and potentially lethal infectious diseases. Nevertheless, as the availability of information about vaccines has grown...
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Find the Cause of Heart Palpitations
A flip-flopping or pounding sensation in your chest. A racing or erratic heartbeat. You’re experiencing heart palpitations. Cleveland Clinic electrophysiologist Jeffery Courson, DO, hears about...
Hypertension: Guidelines, Effective Treatments, and Practical Strategies for Blood Pressure Control
Affecting nearly 48% of adults, hypertension is a leading risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and the most significant stroke risk factor. Recent guidelines from...
What Are the Best Heart Health Supplements?
If you know someone who’s experienced a heart attack, you want to do all you can to prevent suffering one yourself. As part of your...
Arterial Calcification: Causes and Risks
Advances in scanning and screening are informing an increasing number of Americans that their arteries are calcified. But what causes calcium deposits, at what point...
Signs of a Heart Attack
Not all heart attacks occur out of the blue. Some lucky individuals get an advance warning when symptoms or signs of heart attack occur up...
Congestive Heart Failure: Symptoms, Stages, Treatment
If you are told you have congestive heart failure, it doesn’t mean your heart is failing: It means your heart is not pumping as well...
What Your Resting Heart Rate Is Telling You
You buy a smartwatch so you can track various health metrics. One of these metrics is your resting heart rate. You look at the number,...
When to Worry About a Heart Murmur
Have you ever been told you have a heart murmur? Heart murmur symptoms are an unusual sound, often described as a whooshing or swishing, that...
How Does Alcohol Affect the Heart?
The World Health Organization says no amount of alcohol consumption is safe, while the U.S. surgeon general advised that any alcohol consumption increases cancer risk....
Don’t Delay Seeking Help for Pulmonary Embolism
Pulmonary embolism (PE) is the third-most common cause of cardiovascular death, behind only heart attack and stroke. This potentially life-threatening condition occurs more commonly in...
Hydrochlorothiazide: Uses, Side Effects, and How it Works
Hydrochlorothiazide is a diuretic, or “water pill,” a drug that helps the body eliminate excess water and sodium in the form of urine. An older...
